Watching your novel transform from words on a page to a three dimensional stage performance is akin to magic. It’s like watching your child grow […] Read More
Category: Court of the Grandchildren
What did the Russian, Ottoman and Chinese empires share in common in the 15th and 20th Centuries? In the 15th century all three shunned the […] Read More
In 1621, the Dutch East Indies Company virtually exterminated the native people of the Bandu Islands in order to seize a monopoly on the lucrative […] Read More
Are the cartoons of polar bears clinging onto tiny ice floes becoming so commonplace that they’re losing their impact? Beyond the polar bear, what will […] Read More
The setup of the movie Don’t Look Up is recognizable enough: Two low-level astronomers (played by Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio) discover a comet which […] Read More
You would think that there was not much in common between writing fiction and a management career. And you would be right! The thought patterns […] Read More
The Shadow was a popular radio show in 1930’s America and starred Orson Welles. The show opened with the line “Who knows what evil lurks […] Read More
Hydrogen is getting a lot of airplay as a means of decarbonizing the economy. There is talk of its use as a transport fuel, of […] Read More
OR how to run a book launch during COVID. Mike and I had always planned to have some sort of book launch event where we […] Read More
Did you know that some people love spoilers? Does knowing the climax or plot twists in advance make reading a book more or less enjoyable […] Read More